2013 NAIA Menís Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week - No. 2

Darmody and Irwin earn weekly honor

March 27, 2013

By Travis Rae, Communications and Sports Information Intern

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – John Darmody of St. Ambrose (Iowa) has been named NAIA National Men’s Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week and Willy Irwin of Concordia (Ore.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Men’s Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Darmody and Irwin were selected based on their performances from March 18 – 24.

Darmody, a senior from Everett, Wash., established a new meet record in the 1,500 meter at the Viking Olympics hosted by NCAA Division III Augustana (Ill.) on March 23. He won the event with a time of 3:54.84. That is also “A” standard time in the 1,500 meter.

Irwin, a sophomore from Clovis, Calif., is a repeat winner of this award after winning it last week. He finished first in both shot put and discus at NCAA Division III Lewis & Clark (Ore.) Spring Break Open on March 23. Irwin popped an 18.65 meters (61-2 ¼) in the shot put to win the event. He followed by breaking the school record in the discus by recording a throw of 54.81 meters (179-10). The previous school record was set by Eric Whalen, who was the 2012 national champion in the discus.